Common Words II

Question 1

Didactic

Answer 1

instructive (especially excessively)

Question 2

fortuitous

Answer 2

occurring by happy chance; having no cause or apparent cause

Question 3

inexorable

Answer 3

impossible to stop or prevent

Question 4

incisive

Answer 4

having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

Question 5

impudent

Answer 5

improperly forward or bold

Question 5

deferential

Answer 5

showing respect

Question 6

gall

Answer 6

the trait of being rude and impertinent

Question 7

preclude

Answer 7

keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Question 8

apathetic

Answer 8

marked by lack of interest

Question 9

banal

Answer 9

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Question 10

exacerbate

Answer 10

make worse

Question 11

decorous

Answer 11

characterized by good taste in manners and conduct

Question 12

lambast

Answer 12

criticize severely or angrily

Question 13

frivolous

Answer 13

not serious in content or attitude

Question 14

gainsay

Answer 14

deny or contradict; speak against or oppose

Question 15

culminate

Answer 15

reach the highest or most decisive point

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germane

Answer 16

relevant and appropriate

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gossamer

Answer 17

characterized by unusual lightnes and delicacy

Question 18

diffident

Answer 18

lacking self confidence

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engender

Answer 19

to give birth to

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concede

Answer 20

acknowledge defeat

Question 21

aesthete

Answer 21

aesthetics ka choda

Question 22

mawkish

Answer 22

overly sentimental to the point that it is disgusting

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rustic

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characteristic of rural life; awkwardly simple and provincial

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reticent

Answer 24

disinclined to talk

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bucolic

Answer 25

relating to the pleasant aspects of the country

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eschew

Answer 26

avoid and stay away from deliberately

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chortle

Answer 27

to chuckle, laugh merrily, often in a breathy, muffled way

Question 28

culpability

Answer 28

state of guilt

Question 29

superfluous

Answer 29

serving no useful purpose

Question 30

volubility

Answer 30

the quality of talking or writing easily and continuously

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querulous

Answer 31

habitually complaining

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prescience

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the power to foresee the future

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vociferous

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conspicuously and offensively loud

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recondite

Answer 34

difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

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torpor

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inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

Question 36

platitude

Answer 36

cliche

Question 37

glut

Answer 37

an excessive supply

Question 38

entrenched

Answer 38

to establish firmly

Question 39

perfidy

Answer 39

act of deliberate betrayal

Question 40

predilection

Answer 40

a strong liking; favourness